San Diego Snapshot – August 31, 2017

San Diego is a leader in STEM and higher education degrees

14.3 percent of San Diego holds a graduate degree, a greater share of the adult population than anywhere else in Southern California. San Diego is a leader in Southern California with nearly 5,000 degrees last year majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

San Diego has seen 36.5 percent growth in Biotechnology and Technology companies employment in the last 10 years.

UC San Diego was recently ranked 15th best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and is home to a well-educated workforce appealing to numerous Tech and BioTech firms. Top companies include Qualcomm, ViaSat, Mitchell International, General Atomics, Sanford-Burnham, Illumina, Pfizer, and Salk Institute.